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| | Bob Babbitt:Triathlon’s Greatest Ambassador,Ironman’s Spirited Soothsaye - IRONMAN.com |
 | | Trouble was, Babbitt weighed 90 pounds stepping out of the shower, the lightest weight class was 98 pounds, the team's 98-pound wrestler was a state champ, and Babbitt was about as good at takedowns as he was hitting the curve. |
 | | Babbitt and his then-roommate, famed mountain biker Ned Overend, had trained for Ironman Hawaii's 2.4-mile swimming leg in a 15-meter apartment pool, 120 lengths to the mile. |
 | | While Babbitt exaggerates about his supposed flab and says that glaciers move faster, truth is, like his magazine's name, he's a competitor. |
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